Close the U.S. embassy in Iraq instead of deploying troops

July 3, 2014 12:00 AM

How important is it to have a U.S. embassy in Baghdad? Instead of deploying troops to ensure the safety of embassy employees, why not close the embassy in that war-torn country and bring the embassy employees back home? Is this solution to the problem too simple and too logical for the government to consider?

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